The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-11
Larry Jerome's Great Name.

Larry Jerome is not eminent in politics
or finance, has never held a notable public
position and his wealth is limited, yet when
he arrived from England yesterday the
whole town began to gossip and to-day there
are interviews in the papears columns in
length. 1t would puzzle an outsider to ac-
count for Larry Jeromes prominence. No
recent arrival has attracted so much atten-
tion. Besides him the Siamese Princes, the
Duke of Marlborough, Sir Lionel Playfair
and all the other notabilitles fade out of
sight Larry Jerome dwarfs them all. The
explanation is simple: He's diner out and
a mighty one at that. His presence at a
table insures the success of the entertain
Inent. Wherever he goes he is eagerly
sought after on account of his iollity, wit
and humor. I've known John w. Mackey
and Roscoe Conkling to wander about the
uptown cafes for hours trying to find Je-
rome or Tom Ochitrec so as to carry them
off to dinner. A more beautiful and touch
ing sight than these four gentlemen around
the festive board it would be impossible TO
imagine I've seen them in the now defunct
Carleton Club when even the walters were
impressed by the air of geniality and good
fellowship that lowered over the table.
Ochi~ zee was benign, rotund, gloomy, fiery
and joyoC~: Mackey silent and bright-eyed,
smiling with intense amusement: Conkling
dignified but quizzical and bright, and
Larry Jerome amiable, easy, quick as
flash at repartee, trimming over with in
fectious fun-in word, himself. Ochiltree's
fame is still growing and he owes it all to
his social qualities Like jerome he is short,
stout and the picture of good living. There
are other men in New York who are eagerly
sought after on all public occasions and
whose names figure in the papers as diners
out hundred or two times a year. Some
of them are in politics and others are staid
business men when not whooping things up
at night Senator Arthur ID. Williams is
one of the best after dinner speakers in New
York He is a brilliant lawyer a keen
political manager, and he speaks with the
ease of long practice. The best quality
of his after-dinner talk is his ringing and
impetuOus style. 1t carries everything be-
fore it.
Commissioner Jacob Hess, who knows
everybody in New York, is another indie
fatigable diner out A dinner without him
Is considered an abortive and silly thing
be has quiet, humorous style that takes
well after dinner. Frederick Gibbs, who is
sarcastically referred to as "the Wicked
Senator" is the most extraordinary man
ever met for larking and joking Hespends
all his time putting up one sort of game or
another on the miserable men who "enjoy
his acquaintance, and the number of APP
palling blunders and mistakes that can be
traced to his door would have abashed the
late Comedian S0thern. Henry J. Bangs,
President of the famous Turtle Club, is an
other member of this locally famous little
group. He is a leather merchant by day,
but at night his place is at the end of big
table, where he shines by reason of natural
endowments.
IL Roscoe Conkling, Larry Jerome, Tom
Ochiltree, Arthur Williams, Commissioner
Hess, Fred Gibbs and Henry Bangs were to
organize a fortnightly dining club, they
could make it the success of the year in
clubdom, if they would all agree to be there
when the dinner bell rang.
BLAKELY HALL.